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INTRODUCTION

This xeroxed volume represents the first crude attempt to put the history of
earliest ancient times based on the Bible into story form. The main sources for
this material are the Bible and the two-volume 'Compendium of World History'.
The reader is cautioned that the incomplete account presented here should not by
any means be regarded as the final and authoritative word on the subject. It
must be emphasized that this is merely an initial attempt at telling the actual
story of what went on in the distant past. Much research remains to be done.

However, what has been gathered into these pages will help provide a general,
overall concept as to what was really taking place in the centuries before and
after the flood. Certainly a more accurate concept than modern-day histories
provide. Our tentative plan is to present the story from the creation to the
Exodus in the form of four parts or units broken down into twenty-eight
chapters. As this is being written, some six chapters are yet to be completed.
The gaps have been partially filled in with outlines.
Only seven
copies of this incomplete version are being xeroxed at this time for limited
library use.

Cain and Abel -- The First Murder -- Cain's "Mark" -- The Curse On Cain -- The
Proof of Geology -- Cain's Society -- Cain's Famous Walled City -- The Way of
Cain -- The Line of Cain vs. The Line of Seth and Enos -- Seth and Enos -- Eight
Preachers of Righteousness -- Immense Length of Life Before The Flood  The Size
of Families -- The Population Explosion -- Chart: Genealogy of The Two Major
Lines of People In The Pre-Flood World.

Who Were 'The Sons of God'? -- Pre-Flood "New Morality" -- Methuselah's
Influence -- Led Astray By Materialism -- Who Were The Nephilim? -- Why The
Neanderthal Men Vanished From Europe -- Archaeology and The Family of Cain --
The Nature of Pre-Flood Violence -- Segments of Pre-Flood Society -- Seven
Categories of People.

Noah's Life Threatened -- Noah Forced To Flee -- Noah's Sons -- Ham's Wife --
Noah's Day Compared With Ours -- Criminals Who Lived Hundreds of Years! --
Mankind Could Have Been Better -- Noah and The Work of God -- Beginning of
Technology Before The Flood -- The Deluge.

CHAPTER 3

The Ways of Cain and Seth

The first family's brief experience in the garden of Eden was over. Now Adam and
Eve had to start a new life in much less desirable environment. What were the
events and developments at the very beginning of earliest pre-flood society?

Cain and Abel

The Bible continues the account in Genesis 4 with the birth of Cain and Abel. No
mention is made of how much time had passed since the expulsion from the garden
of Eden but it probably was a period of several decades. The indication in verse
2, reports Adam Clarke in his commentary, is that Cain and Abel were twins
because it says about Eve, " ... she again bare" -- or added in bearing -- "his
brother Abel." It does not say that she conceived separately again later before
Abel was born. So the implication, says Clarke commentary, is they were born at
the same time.

Understanding Cain's character is important for the early story of human
history. His very name implies what type of person he was -- Cain means "gotten"
or "acquired." Cain was selfish; he wanted to get for himself. He was a spoiled
child. This becomes very apparent as the story develops. There are definite and
startling reasons why Cain turned out as he did. Eve blamed Adam for the
expulsion from Eden and Adam blamed Eve. They probably never really forgave each
other for having bungled their golden opportunity. Every argument they had must
have ended up focused on this painful memory. However, a saviour had been
promised (Gen. 3:15). This was something to look forward to. But this promise
caused Eve to draw a hasty, false, and extremely harmful assumption. Notice her
statement in Gen. 4:1. The King James rendering -- "I have gotten a man from
the eternal" -- is not correct. In the original Hebrew, this statement
reads,
"I have gotten a man  the eternal."
She actually thought that her firstborn son was the promised child, God in the
flesh. Under this deception, it is likely that she treated Cain as if he were a
god. And that is why he turned out to be such a monstrous delinquent. The full
significance of this will be explained in chapter 6 when the actual meaning of
Gen. 6:2 is revealed. Now verse 2 states that Abel was a shepherd but Cain was a
farmer. Cain was selfish and greedy. He wanted what he wanted NOW! On top of
that, he always wanted to keep the best for himself. So Cain was a farmer which,
in itself, was not pleasing to God. But, as we will see later, he also forced
the ground and by this method damaged it even more than normally.

Thus, when reading of the offering of Cain and Abel in verses 3-5, it is easy to
understand why God was displeased with Cain. He not only had a selfish attitude
but he used wrong, methods in even growing the fruits he offered. He had not
obeyed God at all. Notice here that though the first family had been driven from
the garden of Eden. God was still teaching and instructing them. He had not told
them to disperse. He wanted the human family in his presence. If they obeyed him
they would be blessed. In this case, God had requested an offering and the two
brothers brought theirs. But Cain's, and what it represented, was not
acceptable, while Abel's was.

The First Murder

In verses 5-7 God analyzed Cain's attitude for him. He told him he could triumph
over sin if he wanted to and that his offerings could be found acceptable if he
were genuinely repentant. But Cain never made any attempt to repent. He had an
angry look on his face not only because he was disappointed, but because he was
premeditating the murder of his brother. He thought this was the quickest way to
solve his problem. Verse 8 finds Abel out in the field in his wicked brother's
company. Little did he realize he would be the victim of the first murder in all
human history. How Cain accomplished the deed is not known but, being a farmer
and reaper, he might have done it with a cutting instrument such as a scythe.
Then, after it was over, Cain tried to hide his crime by burying the body. Human
society was off to an appropriate start because war and murder have been its
prime characteristics through all ages.

Cain's "Mark"

God confronted Cain with his sin. He could have done this in front of the family
of Adam. (see Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown commentary.) But Cain was still not
repentant. He tried to cover up (verse 9). The eternal did not waste time with
Cain. He immediately told him his sentence (verses 10-12). God could have
executed Cain, but he wanted the world to learn what Cain's way would lead to.
He wanted to let man, cut off from God, express his way so mankind could learn
the ultimate result of wrong methods of living. After the eternal told Cain that
he would be a fugitive and a vagabond as a result of his sin, Cain still did not
change his negative attitude. His reply (verses 13-14) shows his consistently
self-centred outlook. He blamed God for his problems, not himself. In a sense,
he said, "what you're doing to me isn't fair. I don't have a chance. I'm not
getting a square deal."

God did not execute Cain for his crime. But he separated him -- excommunicated
him -- from the rest of the human family. This is the meaning of Cain's "mark"
(Gen. 4:15). It was not a brand on his forehead, a long horn growing out of his
head, affliction with paralysis, his dog, or any other of the ridiculous guesses
that men have put forth. It was a warning marker or boundary line set up to
separate Cain from the rest of Adam's family. A better rendering of the verse
would make it more understandable:
"and the eternal set up a marker (or, monument) for (or, against) Cain. Lest any
finding him should kill him."
This was actually a religious segregation because Cain's wrong attitude had made
it necessary. God was saying, "I don't want Adam's family influenced by your
selfish and sinful approach to life." Yes, Cain was unfit to live in the same
land with the rest of the people. God told Adam's children, "you stay here in
the this area. The rest of the world is for Cain to wander in" (see Deut. 32:8).
Later, this separation included racial segregation; Cain became the ancestor of
all the non-white people. Before the flood. Different races did exist before the
flood as one can see, and these races passed through the deluge. The line and
posterity of Cain did not cease with the flood. It has actually continued down
to our day.

The Curse On Cain

Cain was now cut off from God. "Cain went out from the presence of the eternal."
(Gen. 4:16) he was now on his own; he was forced to wander; he could no longer
call on God. He would have to solve his problems on his own. It was not a
pleasant fate. This ostracizing of Cain is analogous to putting an individual
out of God's church. But Cain did not repent. He wanted his own way at all costs
and started his own society and practices. When did the excommunication of Cain
take place? The indication of Gen. 5:3 is that approximately a century and a
quarter had elapsed since Adam's creation. A logical deduction based on this
verse is that Seth was born soon after Cain's crime because he was to replace
the murdered Abel (Gen. 4:25). Since Seth was born when Adam was 130, the death
of Abel is likely to have occurred shortly before that birth.

By putting the Bible together with Josephus' account. It is possible to
determine Cain's activities after he was separated from Adam's family and cut
off from God. He and his wife who was, of necessity, his sister, (Gen. 5:4) went
to live in an area called "the land of wandering". Which was east of Eden
(verses 4:16). Then Josephus tells us that Cain and his wife "travelled over
many countries." (Antiquities I, II, 2.) Here is an indication that, after the
expulsion: Cain actually spent a century or more wandering over the earth. Why
did Cain become a wanderer or nomad? Why did he not settle down permanently in a
specific area? Amazingly, the Bible and geology provide the answer. As a result
of the sin of Cain the entire history of human society and the earth's surface
were remarkably changed. Notice what God had told Cain before his expulsion:
"and now art
thou cursed from the earth ... When thou tillest the ground it shall not
henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive (or wanderer) and a vagabond
shalt thou be in the earth" (Gen. 4:11-12). Cain, Josephus records, was the
first person who "contrived to plough the ground".
In addition, he greedily tried to get more crops faster by "forcing the ground."
Cain, in other words, sought to gain his livelihood by farming methods which
depleted the soil. The curse on Cain was not some strange poisoning of the soil.
Logically, it could mean only one thing -- a change in the earth's climate! The
geological record tells us what God did to save the soil from utter depletion.

Mountain chains arose where there were none before. Seas dried up. The balmy
semitropical climate of the world rapidly shifted into torrid and frigid zones.
Wherever Cain wandered, his agricultural pursuits came to naught. Cain was
forced to turn to food gathering -- to hunting and gleaning the wild fruits and
berries. He and the generations who followed him eked out a wretched living.
Both geology and archaeology testify to these conditions.

The Proof of Geology

In the tertiary geological deposits, which follow the upper Cretaceous, many
surface changes are recorded. The climate began to turn cooler. Desert regions
developed in the wake of mountain building. Pluvial and arid periods fluctuated.
The climate in the northern hemisphere became even cooler. Vast snow falls
engulfed the regions now labelled Canada and Europe. The arctic zone expanded.
Fluctuations in sea level occurred. All along, the continental shore lines the
changing beach levels left their mark. Many may still be seen today. Geologists
mislabel this pre-flood period "ice ages." Cain's children were forced to adopt
his level of existence. Because of his sin, Cain initiated a degenerate way of
life. His descendants became fugitives, wanderers, vagabonds. They too were
reduced to hunting and gathering because the soil would not yield normal crops.
They began living in caves in regions far removed from the main civilizations in
the near east and became shockingly depraved.

The existence of these cave men, which archaeologists have discovered, does not
prove the theory of evolution -- it shows the shocking process of degeneration
in the human race.
This period witnessed the spread of human habitation around the world. Fossil
remains of giant human beings (Gen. 6:4) of this period have been found by
geologists. This is the time of the Palaeolithic man, of the Neanderthal man and
the Mousterian culture, of the mammoth and reindeer hunters of the upper
Palaeolithic. Their culture exactly fits the curse that befell Cain.

The complete story of culture changes before the flood may be found in such
works as F. C. Hibben's "Prehistoric man in Europe." Grahame Clark's "World
Prehistory," and Emmanuel Anati's "Palestine Before the Hebrews." Those and
other studies make it clear that the flood occurred at the end of the geological
epoch called the Pleistocene -- an event marked in geologic records by the
sudden disappearance of many forms of animal life. Especially the Mammoths of
Eurasia. The 'recent' period which follows -- geologically is the post-flood
world. (see Volume II of Dr. Hoeh's Compendium of World History, Chapter 18.)

Cain's Society

Before telling of the activities of Cain in his later life, it would be helpful
to summarize the seven key points about him which Josephus recorded.

1.
Cain was a "covetous man" who "was wholly intent upon getting." This statement
reveals this evil man's true character. He was completely selfish.

2.
Cain was the first to plough and force the ground  a point already covered
above.

3.
Cain did not repent but only grew worse in his wickedness. He "only" aimed to
procure everything that was for his own bodily pleasure, though it obliged him
to be injurious to his neighbours. He increased his own wealth by violence and
robbery.

4.
Cain "became a great leader of men into wicked courses." He set a wrong example
and others copied it. This could include his own children and/or other sons of
Adam -- other children of the general family as it developed over the centuries
Cain's life spanned.

5.
Cain was the author of measures and weights." He was not only the inventor of
farming but the originator of trading -- with the motive of getting. His aim was
to give the least to get the most. Cain "changed the world into cunning
craftiness." Cain was a shrewd dealer -- this was the way he operated.

6.
"he first of all set boundaries about ..." Cain was the first to build fences
around his land.

7.
"he built a city, and fortified it with walls, and he compelled his family to
come together to it ..." As one shall see, Cain's methods continued after the
flood. Nimrod copied from him. Nimrod gathered people together to build a city
so he could easily keep the populous under his control. He merely perfected an
idea which had originated with Cain.

Cain's Famous Walled City

At this point Josephus' words about Cain need to be emphasized: Cain "built a
city, and fortified it with walls ..." The Bible speaks of this same city: Cain
"builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son,
Enoch." (Gen. 4:17) Though in a sense this is getting ahead of the story, it is
appropriate at this point to tell of the significance of the famous walled city,
Enoch. In recent years, archaeologists made a startling discovery. In their
excavations at the site of ancient Jericho (which is adjacent to present day
Jericho in Palestine) they were amazed to uncover a big town in an early
"pre-pottery Neolithic" state thousands of years -- as they measure time --
before any city of this type should have existed. This vast town existed at a
time when only villages of tents or huts should have been in use -- but there it
was. It was of large proportion, of great duration -- and had a huge wall around
it. When the archaeological findings are correctly interpreted (see the chart on
page 80 of the "Bible and the Ancient Near East", edited by G. Ernest Wright),
it is evident this city must have existed before the flood.

In short, when the statements of the Bible and Josephus are correlated with the
findings of archaeology, there is one logical conclusion: Pre-flood Jericho was
the walled city of Enoch which Cain built. Here are some details concerning this
city. It occupied an area of not less than ten acres -- large dimensions for
that early time, and especially since it was completely surrounded by a great
wall. Many thousands of people lived in and around this heavily fortified town
-- and it is these fortifications that form the most astonishing feature of this
remarkable discovery. These defences are described as "astounding for any
period." They consisted of a ditch, wall, and tower. The ditch or moat was some
28 feet wide and six to seven feet deep. Inside this protective ditch the wall
itself was built. A remarkable structure over five feet thick and some thirteen
feet high. Finally, adjoining the wall was a great circular stone tower (which
is still standing to this day) reaching a height of over 26 feet. James Mellaart
makes this significant observation: "the prodigious labour involved in the
erection of these defences implies an ample labour force, a central authority to
plan, organize and direct the work and an economical surplus to pay for it."
("Earliest Civilizations of the Near East", London, 1965, page 36.) Such was the
power and authority that Cain had mustered. To recapitulate: early in his life,
after having been driven out by God, Cain wandered over many areas of the world.
He did not stay in any one place very long. And the children he had over the
course of those many decades also were nomads who migrated and engaged in
hunting and fishing. The implication in Josephus' account is that Cain did not
build this famous walled city until well into his life. Some centuries elapsed
before he began this project.

Now take careful note of the location of this city: it was in "Seth's land".
That's right -- Cain had dared to come back into forbidden territory. At an
earlier time God had said: "this area is for Seth and his family -- the rest of
the world is for Cain and his children to wander on." But, as we well know, Cain
was not noted for being willing to obey any of God's orders.

Another significant point: the archaeologists have concluded that pre-flood
Jericho could not have supported its immense population by agriculture alone.
There was not enough fertile area to support that many people. Thus they
conclude that this famous city must have existed on the basis of trade and
commerce. How could this city engage in trade and commerce? Remember what
Josephus said -- that Cain was the inventor of weights and measures implying
that he was engaged in trading. But also recall that Cain procured "spoils by
robbery." In other words, it seems he forced surrounding peoples to pay tribute,
and he must have engaged in looting and pillaging. This was the basis of his
trade and commerce. In addition, with the dead sea then already in existence and
located near-by, Cain would have controlled the salt trade of that world. This
was a lucrative business because all people need salt for meats and vegetables.

Cain then, built this great walled town and made it the world centre of trade
and commerce. From it he pillaged the rest of society. "Do unto others before
they do unto you?" And this is the way our world is today. Cain was cut off from
God. He was wandering on his own. And we live in a world cut off from God too --
groping its way to destruction. As a result of it also, the family of Cain broke
down racial bounds and began to intermarry with the family of Seth. (for
detailed information about this famous city, see Emmanuel Anati's "Palestine
Before the Hebrews" and Kathleen Kenyons "Digging up Jericho." The later work
has numerous fine pictures showing the walls of pre-Flood Jericho and the kind
of buildings that were there.) Yes, Cain's city is still with us today. This
famous pre-flood world trade centre was destroyed, of course, by the flood. But
archaeology has found that it had been destroyed before that also. The wall was
smashed and then rebuilt.

The Way of Cain

The important truth we need to learn from all this is that Cain was the
originator of civilization as we know it. Our entire society today is patterned
after "the way of Cain" (Jude 11). It is a way of competitiveness, selfishness,
and greed. Satan used the family of Cain to perpetuate his philosophy.

Cain was "spiritually bankrupt." He had no love for his neighbour at all. The
code of Cain was, "get the other fellow before he gets you. Do unto others
before they do unto you." This is the way of our world is today. Cain was cut
off from God. He was wandering on his own. And we live in a world cut off from
God too -- groping its way to destruction. God could have destroyed Cain. But He
wanted him to develop his own way and let the world learn from it. God wanted
man to go ahead and express his own way and let that way come to full flowering
and fruition. Cain's way led to the Flood  the complete destruction of humanity
except for eight persons! And it will lead to an unbelievable carnage again in
the future! God has decreed that man must learn once and for all  in complete
finality  that the way of Cain simply will not work!! When man learns this
lesson by hard experience, then he will turn to God in real repentance! But he
has not reached that point  yet!

We study history to learn the lesson of human experience so we don't make the
same mistakes ourselves (I Cor. 10:6, 11; Rom.. 15:4.) The history of the past
will help the citizens of the world tomorrow see that God's way is the only way.
And so the great truth of these early chapters of the Bible is that Cain started
an entire pattern in society which is with us to this day, a way of life which
must finally be eradicated from the earth! It is a way which, though our human
nature prompts us to follow it, we must exterminate from our daily practices and
replace it with the way of God  the way of love, giving, and sharing!" What was
the effect of the "way of Cain" on society down to the Flood? And can we know
what ultimately became of Cain? Also, what were the major contributions of the
line of Cain to society in pre-Flood times? These are the interesting questions
yet to be covered.

The Line of Cain vs. The Line of Seth and Enos

To put the picture in as simple terms as possible. It may be stated that the
story of the pre-flood society is the story of the line of Cain as opposed to
that of Seth and Enos. What was the interrelationship of these two major groups
before and up to 2370? As indicated previously, Cain and Abel may have been
twins. But they were un-like twins. Cain was originally separated because of
religious reasons, because of his rebellious attitude. But, later, this division
also became racial in significance. In other words, Cain was the father of the
Non-white race before the flood. Seth was the ancestor of the contrasting WHITE
line. And these two lines were to remain separate. This is what God wanted. And,
for a long time, they were -- but this changed in Lamech's day (Gen. 4:19) who
lived
in the generation that existed just before the flood came upon the earth. The
important concept to bear in mind, then, about the situation before the flood is
this: biologically (racially), culturally, intellectually, and spiritually there
were just two basic ways of life
-- the way of God which was preserved in the family of Seth, and the way of
Satan which was promoted by the descendants of Cain! See the accompanying
genealogical chart at the end of the chapter.

Seth and Enos

What kind of
a person was Seth, the son born to Adam and Eve after Abel's murder? (Gen. 4:25)
(Josephus Antiquities I, II, 3) provides some interesting information. Seth was
a man of character! His children were properly reared and imitated his good
character. All of them had good dispositions and lived together in the same
country without fighting and warring. This implies that the family of Seth was
separate from the family of Cain as god had intended. As shall be noted shortly,
the family of Cain carried on fights, feuds, quarrels, and dissensions. It is
only natural that the philosophy of
Cain should breed such results. But the family of Seth, for centuries, was
separate from the sins and mistakes of the line of Cain. God certainly must have
protected them and given them blessing and favour. Knowing what kind of a person
Seth was is very important to bear in mind in relation to the following
information, Seth was born when Adam was 130 years of age. Seth lived a total of
912 years.

Enos was Seth's first son (Gen. 5:6). Notice, at this point, that Genesis
chapters 4 and 5 are not in direct sequence. To find out anything additional
about Enos, it is necessary to go back to Gen. 4:26. "... Then began men to call
upon the name of the eternal." Now understand this point: the Hebrew here
rendered "call upon" can mean, just as correctly, to "preach" or to "publish."
(compare, for example, Matt. 24:14 and Mark 13:10 -- in the first the gospel is
prophesied to be preached but, in the second instance. It is to be published.)
In short, this verse may be properly understood as, "then began men to preach or
publish in the name of or by the authority of the eternal." In other words, this
Hebrew expression means to communicate in general without distinguishing as to
whether it is writing or speaking. And it may include both these methods. A few
Jewish commentators have understood this verse to mark the beginning or origins
of WRITING! In other words, the first people to use the written language and
records (as well as to spread the knowledge of God by preaching) was the family
of Seth and Enos.

Adam and Eve, back in the garden of Eden, had a spoken language. God put into
Adam's mind, by a direct miracle, the symbolic knowledge necessary to understand
and to speak a verbal language in order to communicate with God. But God did not
give man a ready-made written system of communication. Something's God leaves to
man to develop and perfect. Writing was one of these arts. God wants man to work
and build character in acquiring and preserving knowledge. Thus he left the
development of this skill to man. The fact that the line of Seth, in the
lifetime of Enos, perfected a beginning form of written communication is
supported by verse 1 of chapter 5: "this is the book ..." Records were being
kept. This chapter 5 is a simple genealogy, an uncomplicated type of writing
with no particular style or form, another indication that this was the beginning
of written records.

Eight Preachers of Righteousness

A verse in the new testament, II Peter 2:5, provides a major point about the
line of Seth. Notice that the word "person" is in italics. The way the verse
stands in the King James version, the impression is given that Noah was the
eighth person of the eight that were in the ark, but, in the original Greek, the
meaning of the verse is this: "and spared not the old world, but saved Noah, the
eighth preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the
ungodly ..." Noah, then, was the eighth preacher of righteousness in his line,
beginning with Seth, Methuselah is not included -- he died the year of the
flood. For the other six preachers of righteousness before the flood, see
Genesis 5 and the accompanying chart. To repeat: the major cultural and social
contribution of the family of Seth, in the society before the flood, was the art
and skill of written language. The next question is, "what were the
contributions of the family of Cain?" And "what were the results of their
contributions?"

Immense Length of Life Before the Flood

Before answering these questions, it would be helpful in arriving at an
understanding of the pre-flood world, to realize the impact of the great length
of life these people experienced and what effect they had on the entire society.

The oldest human fossil remains prove this. One of the chief characteristics of
all these remains is the extreme longevity characteristic of the skeletons. The
massive proportions of the body. The great development of the muscular
processes, the extreme wearing of the teeth -- without our characteristic amount
of decay -- the obliteration of the sutures or seams between the various bones
of the skull and the indications of slow ossification of the ends of the long
bones, all point to the inevitable conclusion that the earliest man matured
slowly and attained great length of life -- just as Genesis declares. Such
characteristics of the skeletal frame are completely absent from modern
degenerate man. That these ancient men did attain great age is demonstrated by
the fact that their remains are usually found with fragmentary skeletons of
youths and babies not exhibiting those characteristics. (chapter 5, "The Meeting
Place of Geology and History" by Sir J. William Dawson, pp. 62-63.) These
genuinely scientific findings do not prove that man has evolved. Rather, they
substantiate the truth of the Bible that men in ancient times, unlike today,
experienced centuries of physical life. It is also worthwhile to note in regard
to this topic that in Antiquities I, III, 9, Josephus lists eleven ancient
writers -- Manetho, Berossus, and Hesoid among them -- all of whom "relate that
the ancients lived (nearly) a thousand year." True science and the records of
ancient times again serve to corroborate the Bible.

The Size of Families

The next key questions then are: how large were the families of that day? And
how many children did people have? People did not have children as often as
is possible today. This factor was regulated by nature. It is probable that
women could conceive children only at a certain time in a period of a year
rather than monthly. According to ancient Hebrew traditions Adam had 33 sons and
23 daughters or a total of 56 children over a period of about 500 years. This
would be an average of one child every 9 years. And Josephus tells us that
Lamech, by his two wives, Ada and Zillah, had 77 children. These figures give us
an idea of family numbers in that time. Today people live only one tenth as
long, and they can have children more frequently. In other words, if we reduced
the totals for Adam's life and family to one tenth, he would have lived 93 years
and had 5 or 6 children. Families now tend to be smaller but, a generation or
two ago, it was not unusual to have a family of 6 to 8 children. So, using the
comparison of once tenth, we can gain a helpful perspective in evaluating that
society.

The Population Explosion

With these concepts in mind, it can be seen that the population of the earth,
which started with two people, grew very slowly over a long period of time. The
population did not "explode" till near the time of the flood. Even if the
population had doubled every 50 or 60 years, it still would not have been
considered great until around 2500 -- and the flood came in 2370.

There is the analogy Mr. Armstrong uses of doubling the penny. If 1 cent were
doubled every day for 30 days it would not count up to much the first two or
three weeks, but in the fourth week the total would really mount up. In the 28th
day that original penny would have become $1,342,177.28. The point is this: the
population of the earth was relatively small till the life-time of Methuselah
(3339 to 2370). But, in this seventh generation -- starting to count with Seth
-- both the population and the sins of man began to multiply tremendously. This
is what is recorded in Genesis 6:1: "... when man began to multiply on the face
of the earth" -- "explode" -- then sins began to increase to such an extent that
God had to exterminate the human race and make a fresh start with the family of
Noah. How, in greater detail, this result came about is the story that remains
to be told.

CHAPTER 4

Lamech's Famous Family

The descendants of Cain were the key figures in the events that brought the
flood upon the world. What did they do to bring world society to the point of
universal saturation in sin? To answer this it is necessary to closely examine
Lamech and certain individuals in his family.

Lamech was the sixth individual in the line that began with Cain. Notice also
that he was contemporary with Enoch, the sixth preacher of righteousness in the
obedient line of Seth and Enos.

Now read Gen. 4:19. Here is a list of the line of Cain from his own son Enoch
down to Lamech. But
is
that all this is  a simple, unadorned list. God does not
have anything special for us to learn about these people till the times of Lamech and after. There is nothing significant about this line till Lamech and
his family came to prominence in the centuries immediately preceding the flood.

Lamech's Wives And Children

But after the simple list in verse 18. The Bible gives special emphasis to
Lamech, his two wives and four of his children -- a total of seven people (verse
19-24). Now it should be realized that Lamech had 77 children (Josephus'
Antiquities I, II, 21), yet only four of them are mentioned here by name.

God emphasizes these points in the Bible that are important in aiding our
overall understanding of what is significant in history. Insignificant factors
are not included. What is so important about Lamech, his two wives Adah and
Zillah, Jabal, Tubalcain, Jubal, and Naamah?

To answer this vital question, let's make an initial study of these individuals.
Consider Lamech first. He took TWO wives. God, the author of lawful marriage,
created only ONE wife for Adam. But Lamech decided this was not good enough for
him. He became a practitioner
of bigamy. (the commencement of this practice in the later pre-flood society
could be an indication that the male population was reduced because of the
constant fighting and widespread violence in that day.)

On top of that, he was a man who practiced brutality. Read his statement in
verses 23-24. This is a famous bit of pre-flood poetry, the earliest poem ever
recorded. The last part of verse 23 may be translated "... I have slain a man
wounding me and a young man for bruising me." In other words, here was a man who
said, "I kill people who get in my way," this is a major point in understanding
Lamech's true character. He was a man of violence. This poem is in the Bible for
a reason. God did not have Moses insert items like this into scripture merely to
take up space.

Zillah

One of Lamech's two wives was Zillah. Why was she famous in pre-flood society?
Why does God call special attention to her in Genesis 4? Her very name is
significant -- Zillah means "shadow" or "darkness." In ancient Greek myth she
was known as "Demeter." But, according to "Smith's Classical Dictionary," she
was sometimes called Black Demeter.

Scientific facts make clear why Zillah was a famous was a famous woman. These
scientific facts answer the major question, "how did the different races
originate?" As already shown in our study of Genesis one, God created kinds of
living things -- plants, animals, humans -- and each kind reproduced after its
kind. Cattle reproduced cattle, dogs reproduced dogs. Apples reproduced apples,
roses reproduced roses, and humans reproduced humans. Contrary to evolutionary
theory, this scientific fact has never changed. One kind has never developed
into another kind. However, within each kind there are varieties! There are many
varieties of cows, chickens, dogs, peaches, roses. One kind cannot interbreed
with a different kind -- but varieties can interbreed. These matters apply to
human beings as well.

How did these varieties originate? They were not here at the original creation
during creation week. At that time God created only the major kinds.
Adam named every kind in part of a single day. It would have taken him weeks to
name every variety. Science has learned that each kind will divide into new
varieties suddenly, by a law of nature called mutations. God set Laws
in nature so that on rare occasions each kind reproduces distinctive varieties
for beauty and for the benefit of mankind.

Just what is mutation?
It is the sudden change that occurs, rarely, but never the less has occurred
down through time, in the structure of reproductive cells of a parent stock.
This law, set in motion by God, in a certain generation of parent stock,
suddenly reproduces a new variety! When it suddenly reproduces a new variety,
this variety will continue to reproduce after its variety indefinitely. The
Negro race is a mutation from Adam's stock. It originated in a certain
generation after Adam. This is also true of the oriental or yellow race. The
white, black, and yellow races all existed before the flood!

Now the importance of Zillah is becoming clear. It is likely that Zillah
was the first truly black woman
in human history! This factor alone would have made her famous. Being the wife
of Lamech made her even more well known. Not until the time of Lamech did the
first true black mutation occur in the human family.

Jabal

Jabal, notice in verse 20, was a cattle man. He is described as the "father"
(King James Version), of those who led this type of life. However, this word may
be translated "teacher." He was not, after all, the first individual to raise
cattle. Abel and Cain had done this centuries before. What was special about the
fact that Jabal was a cattle raiser? Notice that he also lived in tents, so he
practiced a nomadic way of life. He was following in the way and methods of
Cain.

Cain, remember, forced the ground. He wanted to always get the most for the
least. Jabal, then, must have been trying various methods of raising cattle that
were contrary to god's laws in nature. He probably "force-fed" them to fatten
them up faster. He might have tried methods of cross-breeding to develop new
types of stock with characteristics he wanted in order to make a profit. It is
these people of the line of Cain and the family of Lamech who had a particular
impact on the society of their world and this impact was a negative one. Their
influence was contrary to God. This will become more and more apparent as the
story unfolds.

Jubal

Jabal's brother was Jubal. He was the developer of music. This does not mean
that there had been no music before. But it means that he developed music that
had a dominating influence on society. His kind of music set the pattern for all
the music in his time and after.

What kind of music was it? The word "handle" in verse 21 means "to use
unwarrantably" or to "profane." (number 8610 in the Hebrew dictionary of
Strong's Concordance.) Jubal was putting music to a wrong use. His music was the
kind that became popular. But what is popular is almost always mediocre. Our
radio tells us that every day. His music was not inspiring and uplifting; it was
the type that wandered aimlessly. The best example would be to think of oriental
or gypsy music which is often no more than a meandering noise. It should be
pointed out that music, as we know it, did not come into vogue until after 1500
A.D. When all our modern instruments, which are highly complex, came to be
invented and perfected. Jubal, however, did bring into use the two basic kinds
of instruments -- those which are plucked and those which are struck in order to
make the sound. Jubal's music went well with. A nomadic way of life -- it
wandered purposely and never really came to rest anywhere.

Tubalcain

And now, Tubalcain. The phrase of verse 22 "an instructor of every artificer of
brass and iron" takes on real significance when rendered as, "Tubalcain, a
hammer or forger of every cutting instrument of brass and iron." (Jamieson,
Fausset, and Brown commentary) he was manufacturing weapons.

Josephus backs up this conclusion with his statement that Tubalcain "was very
expert and famous in martial (military) performances." He also tells us that he
was an individual of great strength. In other words, Tubalcain, the original
Vulcan, was the first man to develop the arts of war -- military tactics. And he
was the first to use brass and iron to make weapons such as spears, knives, and
swords for the purpose of conquest. Tubalcain and Smelting

The full implication of Tubalcain's work should be discussed at greater length.
On the basis of the time element of the pre-flood generations as illustrated on
the chart, man is pictured here in Genesis 4 as having developed metals at a
very late stage of pre-flood history. In other words, this development came
along within the lifetime of Noah, or in the last third of the duration of this
sinful society.

This means that for centuries there was stagnation in the line of Cain. The
family of Cain took centuries to make any cultural improvements and arrive back
at the level which Cain had enjoyed before his banishment. Realize that Cain was
never pictured as a forger of metals, nor was his son Enoch. Not until many
generations had passed was this highly technical skill developed.

Man could have experimented with this kind of skill on a limited basis at an
earlier time. But not until Tubalcain came along was there anyone who was an
actual forger -- one who smelts out the metal from its natural state and
purifies it. This art of creating a super-heated fire, one of many hundred
degrees of temperature, did not occur in a short time. This took centuries to
develop and perfect. Adam and Cain, in early days, never had anything of this
type.

Notice that Tubalcain worked with brass and iron. Brass is an alloy of copper
and zinc. He could also have bronze which is an alloy of copper and tin. Thus he
had copper, copper alloys, and iron. This does not mean he learned to smelt
these metals all in one year or less. He probably learned how to purify the
copper first and from there worked up to the knowledge of iron; iron requires a
much higher temperature than is needed to reduce copper. But since this famous
man lived for several centuries he had ample time to accumulate this knowledge.

A major reason why Tubalcain was so famous was that, for a great length of time,
he was the only person that possessed this knowledge of smelting and forging
metals. He kept this knowledge to himself -- he kept it a secret, there was no
publication of knowledge here so that anyone could make his own little forge. In
fact, the whole story of Lamech's family is the story of a limited family group
that possessed advanced technical knowledge which they abused. And Tubalcain
used his crafts and skills to make war on other people who did not know how to
refine metal and make weapons! A fuller description of his activities will be
presented shortly.

Naamah

The Bible also states (verse 22, last part) that Tubalcain had a sister named
Naamah. Nothing more beyond this is revealed about her in the Bible. Yet God has
her mentioned here for a purpose. He wants to call our attention to this famous
woman so that we will look for knowledge about her in other sources. Remember
that she was the daughter of Zillah. Naamah was also black.

Jewish tradition shows that Naamah was famous as a weaver of cloth. She was the
member of the family of Lamech that invented textiles and influenced the
clothing styles before the Flood. She is the Athena of Greek tradition. She
undoubtedly caused women to dress improperly and immodestly. This was the
influence she had upon the society of the pre-Flood world. But she also
influenced the post-Flood world. She did not perish in the Deluge because she
married Ham and was therefore on the Ark.

Notice the over-all pattern: Jabal used wrong methods as a cattle raiser. Jubal
perverted music. Tubalcain made a wrong use of metals and led men to make war.
Naamah developed popular and improper clothing styles. In short, all the
physical and technical developments which wrongly influenced society came from
the family of Lamech in the line of Cain! And also notice that these
developments flourished in the generation just prior to the Flood when the
population of the earth was exploding All these factors and influences
synchronized to lead the world down the path to destruction.

Recall, now, that the foregoing was intended only as a preliminary over-view of
the family of Lamech to set the stage for emphasizing their full impact upon
their world. Now it is time for more details about these disobedient
individuals.

Lamech and Adah

Lamech was a "pioneer" -- in the wrong direction. He was not only a strong,
violent man who practiced bigamy. He was the first man to initiate racial
inter-marriages. Notice, again, Genesis 4:19. Lamech had two wives, Adah and
Zillah. Zillah was of the line of Cain. Racially she was of non-white stock as
was probably Lamech. It was perfectly all right for Lamech to marry Zillah. But
Adah was very probably of the family of Seth. She came from the white line
before the Flood.* (* This statement appears in the 1961 edition of the
Encyclopaedia Britannica. Article "Lamech".)

In marrying Adah, Lamech had dared to bridge the gap between the races. He had
rebelled grossly against God -- and did it knowingly. But according to ancient
sources, this act greatly pleased the descendants of Cain. They wanted to mix
the races. Their goal was to make one world, one society, racially and
religiously. They did not want to remain separated as God had prescribed for
their benefit. This fact is specifically revealed in Genesis 6:2, which will be
analyzed shortly. But Lamech was not only a bigamist and a crasher of racial
barriers. He was also a murderer. He killed for a purpose. His goal was to be
the leader of the world in his day -- so he killed those famous individuals who
challenged him for this position.

Lamech and Cain

Notice, again, the pattern in Genesis 4. Though this is a very brief summary, we
are still told quite a bit about Cain through verse 17. Then six verses (19-24)
are devoted to Lamech. But the five individuals in between are simply listed in
verse 18. The implication is that the two key individuals on the world scene
were Cain and Lamech. Cain, obviously, was the great Patriarch in his line since
he was the original ancestor of them all. Recall that he was born somewhere
around the year 3950 or approximately one half century after his parents left
the Garden of Eden. Then, knowing the great length of life in that world, he
probably lived over 800 years. Lamech was contemporary with Enoch. If Lamech
lived a normal span of life his approximate dates would be 3300 to 2500. In
other words, the lives of Lamech and Cain could have overlapped by some three
centuries. Though Lamech was the sixth from Cain, their lives still met!

All of this makes logical the Jewish tradition which says that Lamech killed his
ancestor Cain! Lamech was a strong man and leader who let his strength and power
go to his head. He wanted to be the world leader in his time. His arch rival was
the great Patriarchal leader of the family, Cain, the Cronus of mythology. He
challenged Cain for that leadership and Cain was killed as a result. If Lamech
had been patient, Cain would have died reasonably soon anyway since he was aged
even for that era. But Lamech undoubtedly did not want to wait any longer than
necessary and, when the opportunity came, he got rid of Cain!

At this point, recall the story of Cain's famous walled city, Enoch, which was
discussed in the previous chapter. Remember that this city was not only
destroyed in the Flood  it was destroyed at another time centuries before. It's
famous wall was smashed and then rebuilt! Apparently Lamech not only wanted to
get Cain out of his way but he wanted to take over his famous city as well. Thus
he and his forces must have attacked Cain's headquarters, broke through the
wall, killed Cain and others with him, and got control of the city! This was
probably one of the most famous episodes in the story of the violence that
filled the pre-Flood world. (Gen. 6:11).

Lamech had more than one reason for killing his notorious ancestor. Read this
interesting statement in Josephus: "Lamech was so skilful in matters of divine
revelation, that he knew he was to be punished for Cain's murder of his brother
...." As a result, Lamech carried a centuries-old grudge against Cain. He blamed
Cain for bringing a curse (Gen. 4:11-12) on the world and on his descendants --
including Lamech himself -- and he wanted to get revenge! Actually, this was a
fitting end for Cain. He had murdered Abel but had not been executed for his
crime. God let him go.

In connection with this it is necessary to contrast government before and after
the Flood. God did not institute human government before the Flood. There were
no agencies set up among men to take vengeance on criminals. God simply let
people go their own way. But after the Flood God told Noah that society should
punish criminals, that murderers should be executed (Gen. 9:6).

Thus Cain was allowed to live on after his crime. God wanted him to develop his
way so people could learn by hard and lasting experience that such methods lead
only to suffering and death Nevertheless, God's way of judging always is that
eventually the penalty must fall! Sooner or later all must pay for their crimes!
Cain was no exception. And God's instrument of punishment was Lamech! Cain,
then, lived a long time. But, finally, he was replaced by Lamech as the great
ruler in the world. Lamech took over the place that had been held by the great
Patriarch of this line of people. This made him a man of world-wide fame and
influence, the "Zeus" of his time!

CHAPTER 5

Tubalcain, Lamech, and the Significance of Myths

Now it is time to pay attention to another key figure of the pre-Flood world,
Tubalcain, the son of Lamech by Zillah. A preliminary look at the family of
Lamech showed that he was a man famous for his military exploits and that he
made weapons of warfare out of brass and iron. He was a strong man and a leader,
a force to be reckoned with! The story of the tactics, exploits, and travels of
Tubalcain provides us with an incomparable insight into the world as it was
before the Deluge!

Tubalcain's Army

Tubalcain, we are told in an account by Diodorus of Sicily, made a military
campaign over all the inhabited world. This campaign lasted for several years.
But Tubalcain's method of conquest was unique, to say the least! Though his
motives were entirely selfish and dishonest, he had to make conditions appear
innocent, harmless and friendly. So he chose a very unusual kind of army. His
army was composed of women! It was a very clever ruse.

Tubalcain wanted to gain popular acclaim. To accomplish this he led his band of
women around from place to place and organized festivals which included eating,
drinking, musical contests, and entertainment. He taught men how to make wine
and other alcoholic beverages. All this was done under the name of culture and
social refinement. He said he wanted to increase people's aesthetic tastes.
Needless to say, the majority thronged to meet him. To add to the total effect,
the band of women carried wands wreathed in ivy and vine leaves with a pine cone
at the top. This too was designed to contribute to the aesthetic flavour of the
over-all image they were successfully putting across to the masses. But, as we
shall see, these wands had a dual purpose.

Tubalcain not only brought the populace "culture" -- he also brought them
religion, his kind of religion. He had secret rites or mysteries into which he
initiated both men and women. However, there were separate rites for the men and
separate ones for the women. Thus he also used secrecy to appeal to the natural
curiosity of gullible people. Tubalcain's method was to appeal to human nature
by methods which were labelled "culture," "refinement", "religion", and
"liberty". But actually he was spreading drunkenness, bribery, immorality, and
religious persecution! A prime example was in the religious phase of his
campaign. There were those who said that he was leading his band of women around
because he was sexually immoral and that his secret rites were designed to
seduce the wives of other men. This, of course, was the truth. Therefore such
sceptical people had to be eliminated. How were these impious doubters
exterminated? They were torn limb from limb by the woman followers of Tubalcain.

Demon Possession

There were reasons why women could be guilty of such horrible deeds. Tubalcain
had such far-reaching success because he had "supernatural powers". In other
words, he was demon influenced and often demon possessed! As a result, his women
followers were not "normal" either. They were actually frenzied women who were
not in control of their own minds! Thus, by his evil spiritual influence,
Tubalcain was able to make them do whatever he wanted. Note also that their
demonic condition would cause them to have much more strength than they would
normally possess.

History provides a modern-day example of this in the case of Hitler's effect on
the masses. He influenced them by his Satanic oratory. And it was not unusual
for women in Germany in the 1930's and 1940's to go into frenzies at the
presence of the Fuehrer! The women were more vulnerable to this influence than
the men.

Tubalcain was actually guilty of religious persecution. He exterminated anyone
who did not agree with him. In short, he was simply trying to do what Cain and
the family of Cain had consistently tried to produce -- one race (through racial
intermarriage), one religion, one government, one society, one world! There was
to be no opposition to this dictatorship! Tubalcain's Military Expeditions

Tubalcain did more than use his army of women for seducing the masses with
festivals and secret religious rites and for religious persecutions. He also
used them as warriors. His method was extremely deceptive! When he wanted to
surprise a ruler whose area he intended to conquer, he would distribute to the
women, instead of their wands, spears tipped with iron but covered with ivy for
camouflage! Then, when everything looked harmless and no attention was being
paid to these women, they would attack and kill their unsuspecting victims!

On his long campaign Tubalcain led his army over the Near East and into Europe.
They wandered from India to Arabia, through North Africa, and up into Greece,
Thrace, and other areas of Europe. This shows there were no national boundaries
as exist today. That world was not divided into nations and countries. There
were no established national governments. God had set a boundary for Cain but
this was no longer respected by the populace as the world became more and more
lawless. God did set a boundary but He did not try to enforce an "Iron Curtain"!

When Tubalcain returned from his campaign with a large amount of booty and
spoil, a great parade, a triumphant procession, was held. Everyone was informed
of his great triumphs and successes. This shows that Tubalcain was operating in
a world in which the population was now great enough that one could establish
fame and a reputation. This could not have been true in all the earlier
centuries before Lamech and Tubalcain. But now, as the world was getting more
and more lawless, and as the population was multiplying rapidly, men could
become famous leaders in the eyes of the masses.

This gives us a picture of the world in the several centuries prior to the
Flood. Personages in the line of Cain were establishing themselves as famous
strong men, leaders and heroes. And, in the Bible, God calls our special
attention to some of these. More will be said on this as the pre-Flood story
reaches its culmination. This is not to say that Tubalcain was the only man to
lead an army. Nor may he have been the only one to use women as he did. Others
may well have later copied his methods, both in the pre-Flood world and after.
Also he must have used male soldiers in many cases. But his activities give us
an insight into the kind of society that world had.

It is interesting to note that, since Tubalcain was a violent and immoral man,
he had a wife befitting his character. She was a promiscuous and licentious
individual who was no more faithful to Tubalcain than he was to her. In the
statues depicting her (she is called Aphrodite by the Greeks later) she is
pictured either with no clothes above her midriff, or with no clothing at all.
She too was a very unpleasant and distasteful individual! And Tubalcain richly
deserved her as a wife!

Lamech Versus Tubalcain

Tubalcain not only lived violently -- he died violently. Jewish tradition
presents the interesting evidence that he died at an early age. Here is the
story behind this event.

Tubalcain, as we saw, became very popular and widely known. In fact, he gained
so much power and prestige that he was challenging his father Lamech for world
leadership. Tubalcain was winning the major acclaim of society. It came to the
point where Lamech saw that his only recourse was to eliminate this man even
though it was his own son. When it comes to a struggle for power at the highest
levels it seems that people will stop at nothing to attain or maintain
leadership. Numerous episodes in history make this abundantly clear. And the
pre-Flood world was certainly no exception!

Lamech and Tubalcain were two of a kind. It was almost inevitable that they
should clash. Finally the moment of truth came. All the details of the event are
not known at this time. However, by some method, Lamech succeeded on causing the
frenzied women followers of Tubalcain to turn on him! Always, up until this
time, Tubalcain had been able to sway these demonic females to carry out his
bidding. But, in a moment of forgetfulness  or probably drunkenness -- while he
was not aware of what his charges were doing, Lamech influenced them to move
against Tubalcain.

They treated him as he had had them treat others! They tore him limb from limb!
It is not difficult to imagine that the death of Tubalcain was perpetrated in
the revelry of celebration after a successful "culture" campaign. As indicated
above, Tubalcain could have been drunk, having thrown all restraint to the
winds. When Lamech observed this situation, he saw his opportunity and turned
the women, in their blind frenzy, upon their debauched leader!

Realizing the dramatic and climactic way in which pivotal events often occur in
history, this is not at all a far-fetched picture. Leaders and nations often
fall at the height of their power. This was a fitting end for a leader of
horrible religious persecution and one who had promoted a religion in which he
had make himself a GOD!

The Dual-Meaning of Lamech's Poem

This story provides the background for Lamech's famous pre-flood poem! (Gen.
4:23-24). It gives his words real and terrible significance. He boasted to his
wives, "I have slain a great man * for wounding me, and a young man for bruising
me"! (* The Hebrew word for "man" in this scripture can mean a "great or mighty"
person, a "champion, See no. 376 in the Hebrew dictionary of Strong's
Concordance.)

As we now know, the great man was the aged patriarch of the family, Cain, and
the young man * was his own son Tubalcain! Lamech was telling the famous story
of how he had gotten rid of those who had challenged him in the power struggle
for world leadership! Cain, Lamech, and Tubalcain were the great leaders of GODS
before the Flood. They are the key individuals God wants us to take note of, and
so He preserved clues about them and their activities in Genesis 4. Using these
Biblical hints as a basis, the necessary background can be gleaned from other
ancient sources!

The Source of Jewish Tradition

In relation to this, recall again the Jewish tradition, discussed in Chapter 4,
That Lamech killed Cain. Lamech's very allusion to Cain in his poem seems solid
confirmation this tradition is valid and provides necessary historical
background to give full meaning to the Bible record.

What, then, was the basis for Jewish tradition? Such tradition may or may not
have been built on external written material, but certainly it was based upon a
knowledge of the implication of scripture. Moses included everything he put into
the Bible for a reason -- he didn't copy items down from outside sources just to
take up space. Then, when he taught the scriptures, he would bring in this
documentary background material to elaborate on the scriptural record. And
Jewish tradition was based directly on the teachings Moses had given on these
subjects. Thus there is no reason, for example, why he may not have often used
this story of the slaying of Cain by Lamech! Now think of the history preserved
by Josephus. Where did he learn so much about Cain? How did he know, among other
things that Cain's city had a great stone wall around it? There is no mention of
this in the Bible. Yes, Josephus was very familiar with the ancient Jewish
traditions which sprang from the teachings of Moses! That was his source - that
is why he could greatly enrich the Biblical record. Besides Jewish tradition,
however, there were other ancient traditions extant in the world -- pagan
traditions -- which also alluded to pre-Flood times. What of them? Can they also
add to our knowledge of that doomed society?

Behind the Facade of Myth is History!

During the course of this account it has been indicated that Cain is the Cronus
of Mythology, that Lamech was a Zeus, that Tubalcain was Vulcan and his wife was
Aphrodite, and that Naamah is equivalent to Athena. This raises an important
question: What were the myths?

The answer to this question involves some of the most fascinating material about
this surprising story of the pre-Flood world!

Make no mistake! The myths of ancient Greece and Rome were not mere figments of
imagination. They were not fairy tale wisps of thought of people who had no
knowledge of past events! Myths were religious stories intentionally and
purposefully altered in their outside framework (taken out of their historical
context or removed from a correct chronological setting) so as to appear
Mythological. The intent of the myths -- as was the intent of all the pagan
religions -- was to hide from the unlearned, the average man on the street (the
esoteric), what had really happened in the past while at the same time to reveal
to the initiate, the man who had inside knowledge of the mysteries (the
esoteric,) what these past events were all about!

It must be understood that ALL the pagan philosophers and/or theologians
practiced a "double doctrine" method of teaching. Men like Pythagoras, Plato,
Aristotle, and others, always had two doctrines -- two sets of teachings. Their
intimate disciples were told the truth (that is, as much as the philosophers
understood) while, invariably, the common people were fed as many bold-face lies
as was necessary to control them and render them governable! But, strange as it
may seem, Plato, and the other philosophers before and after him, felt no guilt
in teaching this way. They felt that lies were necessary. They believed that the
people needed to be deceived -- especially in the realm of religion! They felt
it was a useful part of good government to keep the masses deceived about many
things. Now it becomes clear why the myths were invented and perpetuated!

It is important to realize also that all the Greek traditions or myths have come
down in the form of dramas written by the Greek authors. And these dramas were
performed at open-air theatres in Athens and other locations. These plays were
presented to supposedly honour the gods and to teach good conduct to citizens.
The average Greek thought he was being religious while enjoying the performance
-- but actually he was being fooled in regard to the real truth about the past!
Again it should be emphasized that these dramas had an entirely religious
connotation. A parallel may be drawn with the Middle Ages when religious dramas
called miracle plays (stories of the saints) and mystery plays (stories of the
Bible were performed for the common people who could not read.

Another important factor to bear in mind is that, in many cases, individual
names of mythological personages (thought to be gods or goddesses) occur in
writings that are by no means fictional but were recorded by men who were
historians. Unfortunately, to a very great extent, almost everything from
ancient Greece has been labelled myth whether it was the work of demented poets
like Homer or Hesiod or the work of a sane historian such as Herodotus! It
should be made clear that these historians themselves, such as Diodorus, used
these names because they recognized that behind the facade of a given myth were
certain actual historical events. An example is the "Myth of North Africa" which
is soon to be discussed.

Understanding the Myths

Now for some specific examples. First consider Cronus (Kronos), called Saturn by
the Romans, who was the son of Uranus. The myths say that he was the ancient god
of seed sowing and that he was dethroned by Zeus. Here, in actuality, is the
story of Cain who was the first to practice agriculture and who was slain by
Lamech!

The myths further tell us that the father of Cronus was Uranus. Uranus was the
first "king". This term "king" often means a ruler or patriarch. And Uranus is
sometimes presented as the husband of Gaea. Gaea was "mother earth" -- that is,
the mother of all living on earth! The Greeks myths also state that Uranus and
Gaea were the first man and women! This could be none other than Adam and Eve!

The goddess known as Hera among the Greeks and Juno among the Romans was also
considered the "Mother of all Living", the original "Queen of Heaven", or the
"Mother of Childbirth". This also is Eve!

This fact serves to introduce a key point about the myths: In some cases,
several names were applied to the same individual; in other instances, several
separate historical figures were given the same name. Thus, in understanding the
myths, it becomes necessary to separate out the different descriptions and apply
them properly on the bases of the Bible account. So keep this factor in mind
when reading the succeeding paragraphs. Actually, this twin device of making one
many or making many into one is what makes myth a myth. This was deliberately
conjured up by the pagan religious leaders to cloud the true meaning!

Sometimes one name was applied to different personages both human and divine!
Consider the Greek god Zeus (whom the Romans called Jupiter.) Zeus was the
husband of Licra (Juno) and the "Father of All Mankind". This could be no one
but Adam. Yet Zeus was also the father of all life, the father of all the
"gods". In this sense Zeus is God Himself. After all, the Greeks did retain some
knowledge of the true God, as did all ancient peoples. Bear in mind that Lamech,
husband of Adah and Zillah, was also called Zeus. This Zeus was the father of
Athena or (Naamah). Lamech was a "Zeus" in the sense that he was the strong man
of his day, the most famous man in the line of Cain before the Flood -- a Zeus
by reputation, in other words! And, in another important sense, he was a "Father
of Life" when we consider that he was the father of the key person in the family
of Cain who lived through the Flood -- Athena or Naamah!

The derivation of the word "Zeus" is important. Many scholars admit that this
term comes from the word "Zee" meaning "life" (with the "s" being added as it
often is in Greek names). As already stated, God is the father of all life, Adam
the father of human life, and Lamech the father of a life that came through the
Flood -- and so it becomes clear why this name would be applied.

This presents another important factor, the basis of mythological "names."
Actually these "names" were not really names at all but close derivatives of
Greek words which had significant meanings. Thus these mythological names were
really titles which implied characteristics of real (not fictional) historical
personalities. We find similar usage's of this type in the Bible: for instance,
Isaac means "laughter" and Jacob means "supplanter."

Let's move on to Vulcan or (Vul-Cain) whom we have identified as Tubalcain.
"Vulcan" was what the Romans called him, while to the Greeks he was Hephaestus.
This was the god of light or fire. In one part of the myths he is uniquely
described as having fallen from heaven like lightening -- and the volcanoes we
have on earth are the result of his work -- because he rebelled and brought
destruction and chaos! This, plainly, is the story of Satan! It could not be the
description of a human being.

On the other hand, Hephaestus of Vulcan was a god-hero who worked with fire,
used it to forge implements out of iron, and developed certain arts and crafts.
Webster's dictionary describes him as "the god of fire and of metalworking". He
was the "god of fire" in the sense that he worked with fire in doing his
metalwork. Here, plainly, we are dealing with the description of a mortal man!
In this case we again have an instance of one name being applied to more than
one personage -- one a human, the other a spirit.

One of the most famous of Greek goddesses was Athena. The city of Athens was
named in her honour! To all Greeks she was a symbol of courage, self-control,
weaving, and skilled in the arts of war! What famous pre-Flood woman had these
remarkable characteristics? None other than Naamah, daughter of Lamech and
sister of Vulcan or Tubalcain. In Chapter Three it was stated that Jewish
tradition showed her to be famous as a weaver of cloth. And, since the mighty
Tubalcain was her brother, she undoubtedly took up some of his war-like
practices. That is why Athena is sometimes pictured brandishing a spear and was
regarded as being a goddess of war as well as of weaving. Only Naamah could fit
this seemingly incongruous description!

Now Athena is never associated with Aphrodite (called Venus by the Romans).
Aphrodite was the goddess of beauty and sensual love. She was actually a harlot
or prostitute! Venus was the wife of Vulcan in pre-Flood times and so is the
Semiramis of post-Flood history. She was actually a very distasteful type of
person. She is mentioned here to show the contrast with Athena. These famous
women were entirely different types of individuals. Only if they had been real
women in real life with a definite impact on actual history -- only then could
they be this clearly delineated in character and actions!

Myths Contain Story of Pre-Flood World

From the foregoing we come to recognize this fact, at the basis of every myth,
there is a core of truth A drop of water cannot exist without some particle of
matter around which the water can collect. It is the same with a myth. The
formation of a myth is not possible without some historical material as a
foundation. Every myth whether it be of the activities of Cain or Lamech, the
Flood, the Tower of Babel, the death of Nimrod, or whatever other myths the
Gentile nations have -- had a core of truth. And, when all is said and done,
that basic germ of truth is always to be found in the Bible! As Dr. Hoeh wrote
in the Compendium of World History: "In fact, the only reason for ever inventing
myth is to hide, obscure or pervert some evidence or truth. Once the source of
Truth -- the Bible -- is manifest, the difference between myth and fact becomes
readily apparent" (Vol.

I, page 443).

The examples and principles summarized here lead to the inevitable conclusion
that what is contained in the myths, and what pagans have attempted to hide from
the world, is, in actual fact, the story of what happened before the flood! Of
course, many myths are also concerned with post-Flood events and individuals.
But primarily they deal with events and famous people who lived in the pre-Flood
world -- people whom the pagans elevated to the status of "gods" and
"goddesses"!

Any attempt to make sense out of the myths by applying all events in them to
occurrences after the Flood ends in failure. The events and people described, as
well as the picture of geography that is presented, often do not fit into the
framework of the post-Flood world. For example, in the second volume of the
writings of the famous historian, Diodorus of Sicily, there is an account called
the "Myth of North Africa". This account tells of a Dionysius who went into
Thrace, Greece, Spain, and other areas. In other words, this individual
traversed most of Europe! He is described as a man who dominated the world and
brought "deep peace" -- that is, who conquered area after area and left them in
a crushed solitude after his departure. This Dionysius could be none other than
Tubalcain, the artificer of copper and iron, who developed a war-making pattern
of life. Since he was originally the only one who could equip his army with
these metal weapons it was easy for him to dominate other peoples of the world
who did not have such death-dealing implements! And Dionysius died young -- as
did Tubalcain!

There are other Dionysiuses in mythology -- Nimrod among them -- but who they
were can be discerned on the basis of the stories attributed to them. Certainly,
this Dionysius described by Diodorus could be none other than the famous
military leader who dominated the pre-Flood world, whose military and "cultural"
expeditions have been covered earlier in this chapter. Diodorus' story of
Dionysius is rejected by historians because the main individual in it is given a
mythological name -- but this does not mean it has no real historical basis,
This Dionysius lived in a world described in the Bible, a world historians do
not believe existed, the world of crime and violence before the Flood! This
certainly does not mean we should now turn to myths instead of the Bible. But it
does mean that many mythological traditions can now be understood when the Bible
is used to interpret them. And it also means that the story of what had gone on
before the Flood, which is contained in summary form in the Bible, was not
completely lost to the world! The Ancients knew about these events!

To summarize:

When the account in the Bible is applied to Jewish tradition, the record
preserved by Josephus and other ancient historians, and the ancient Greek
traditions called myths, much can be learned about the pre-Flood world which
heretofore has been considered lost to human knowledge!

CHAPTER 6

The Pre-Flood Society

Throughout history men have consistently wanted to DEIFY -- make gods of --
their leaders, their ancestors, themselves. The rulers of ancient Egypt claimed
to be gods. The Roman Emperors said they were immortal. The Roman Catholic
Church makes saints of dead individuals and teaches that it is profitable to
pray to them.

The world before the Flood was no different! The same Satan who guides this
world was dominating that society. The Devil is the "god of this world" -- and
his methods remain consistent over the centuries. Once he starts a certain
pattern of deception among men he continues to promote it in every form he can.
The false religion of the pre-Flood society was the DEIFICATION OF CAIN AND
OTHERS IN HIS LINE!

Who Were "The Sons of God"?

A correct understanding of Genesis 6:2 makes this plain: "... The SONS OF GOD
saw the daughters of men that they were FAIR: and THEY took them WIVES of all
which THEY CHOSE". First of all notice the term "sons of God". The word
translated "God" with a capital "G" in the king James translation is the Hebrew
Elohiym. In most cases in the Bible, as in Genesis 1:1, this word refers to the
God Kingdom or Family. But this term if not strictly limited to this use and
meaning. The context determines the proper way to apply this word in a given
verse. In the case of Genesis 6:2, it should be translated with a lower verse
case "g" -- god or gods.

The expression "sons of god(S)" in this verse has traditionally been assumed to
be a reference to the descendants of Seth, the "good" line in the pre-Flood
society. And "the daughters of men" was thought to mean the line of Cain. But
just the reverse is true! There were, of course, these two basic groups of
people before the Flood. But it is abundantly clear that the line of Seth was
the WHITE race while the family of Cain was the NON-WHITE. But, who in this
verse, is described as being "FAIR"? The "DAUGHTERS OF MEN"! They are the ones
with the light complexions! So this expression actually refers to the women in
the line of Seth and Enos!

There was RACIAL INTERMARRIAGE taking place between the two groups. They were
defying the separation God had made centuries before.

So it was the descendants of Cain who claimed to be gods and the descendants of
gods! The children of Seth and Enos, which included the great preachers of
righteousness, knew better than to make any such fantastic claims. They knew
better than to defy God! But the rebellious line of Cain was completely cut off
from God. These perverted rebels were guilty of every sin imaginable --
including this gross form of blasphemy and idolatry. They DARED to go this far
in following the way of Cain!

Cain, the original ancestor, was worshipped as a God. Eve mistakenly assumed
that her first-born son was the promised seed. Lamech and Tubalcain later
claimed the rank of deity. These leaders among Cain's children claimed to be
worthy of worship.

Why would the children of Cain claim to be deities or gods? There are two main
reasons. First, they continued to believe the lie Satan told Eve -- that humans
had immortal souls and would live forever after death. They believed in
"built-in" immortality from birth -- even as millions of people still to today!

Second, in the Bible angels are called "sons of God" (Job 38:7;1:6). Now an
important factor to realize is that many people in the line of Cain, and
especially the powerful leaders (recall the story of Tubalcain), were influenced
by and possessed by demons! and demons are angels -- fallen angels! These
demons, when in these human instruments, said they were sons of God -- which
they were, by creation! And the men who were guided by them and yielded to them
claimed the same title!

Furthermore, demons want to be worshipped as gods! Therefore, IN these great
evil leaders, they caused the populace to worship them under the guise of human
beings whose minds they controlled! Thus it becomes clear why it was the leading
members of Cain's line who claimed the title of "god" or "son of god". Cut off
from the real God, they yielded themselves to demonic powers!

Pre-Flood "New Morality"

Notice now, in all of this, what happened to the descendants of righteous Seth.
They came under the sway and influence of the evil line of Cain!

First, observe the example of the "daughters of men" in Genesis 6:2. These young
women in the line of Seth yielded to the "new morality" of their day! The men in
the family of Cain wanted them for wives and they were agreeable to their
wishes. They were willing to intermarry racially!

The non-white descendants of Cain wanted to marry women who were "fair"! The
same is true today -- often non-white men want to marry white women. They feel
mistakenly that their dark colour is a stigma or a reproach and they want to
lighten the colour of their offspring! And just like the pattern described in
Genesis 6:2, it is usually the white women who marry such men.

In regard to this it is also appropriate to include the example of the armies of
occupation after World War II in Germany and Japan. The German and Japanese
women were attracted to the American soldiers. Women always seem to be intrigued
by armies of occupation -- and the pre-Flood world was no exception! The
violent, warring descendants of Cain were over-running the world and snatching
up these misguided women in the process.

What had happened to the children of Seth to make this possible?

Methuselah's Influence

Josephus supplies the answer. He states that the children of Seth were obedient
to God for seven generations. But in the days of Methuselah, the seventh from
Seth, they became PERVERTED -- "... they now showed by their actions a double
degree of wickedness. Whereby they made god to be their enemy!" (Antiquities I,
iii, 1).

What had happened to these once righteous and happy people? There were two main
reasons which went hand in hand.

The first reason centres around Methuselah. As stated in chapter 3, Methuselah,
though in the line of Seth and Enos, was not numbered with the "eight preachers
of righteousness"! And he not only died the year of the Flood -- He most likely
died IN the Flood with the rest of unrighteous humanity!

Yes -- believe it or not -- this first born son of righteous Enoch went the way
of Cain! He turned His back on the way of God. Methuselah was the next in line
after Enoch to be a preacher of righteousness. It was his responsibility to be
the Patriarchal leader of all the children (descendants) of Seth. He was to lead
them in the way of God. But, instead, he became a preacher of UNrighteousness!
He influenced them to practice sin. It is possible that the turning point in
Methuselah's life was the death of his father, Enoch. At that time Methuselah
was three hundred years old which, for that age, was not very far into his adult
life. Today that would be the equivalent to age thirty. When his father's life
was cut-short this is what could have developed in Methuselah's mind: "My father
served God all his life. He kept telling us it pays to serve God. But look what
happened to him! He obeyed God  and paid with his life! It didn't work. I think
the children of Cain have something to offer. I'm going to try their way of
life. God's way isn't worth it". In short, he probably turned bitter. He forgot
that, with God, death is not a barrier -- death is not the end of everything! He
wasn't like his father -- he did not trust God! So, Methuselah crossed the line.
He traded the spiritual for the physical. The descendants of Seth saw this and
probably concluded, "Well if Enoch's son can do it, so can we!"

Led Astray By Materialism

This brings us to reason number two: Following the example of Methuselah, the
descendants of Seth became addicted to the sinful ways and the materialism of
the family of Cain! The family of Lamech, remember, had all the worldly factors
necessary to mislead them -- music, tools, utensils, and weapons made of brass,
iron, and leather! Intriguing new clothing styles; and a generally carnal
approach to life which held great appeal for human nature!

Think of the use of brass and iron. Tubalcain not only made swords and spears
out of these metals. He and others made household utensils, ornaments for dress,
and other attractive things. These items were much more useful than wood, stone,
and bone! Metallic objects were attractive and desirable  they appealed to the
entire human family! The descendants of Seth became overly fascinated by these
physical things. Remember that Naamah, Tubalcains sister, was the first weaver
of cloth. And she and Tubalcain, with Jabal and Jubal, undoubtedly also learned
how to make and use leather as well as cloth and metal. All of these physical
handicrafts came to full development in the family of Cain before the flood!
Meanwhile, the key development of the family of Seth involved writing and the
keeping of written records. In short, it is the same pattern we see in
present-day society. It was the LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION (intellectual and
spiritual -- including character development) versus the TECHNICAL EDUCATION
(physical and scientific.) The pre-Flood society became completely fascinated
with physical, material things. As in our modern world, that society became
wholly materialistic AND FORGOT THE TRUE VALUES!

The trend went so far that ALL humans -- except for Noah's family -- were evil
and corrupt. No one, in that grossly carnal society, was any longer spiritually,
mentally, emotionally or physically (racially) pure. The family of Cain,
especially through Lamech and his children, had succeeded in completely
dominating and corrupting humanity. Even Enoch's son, Methuselah, went bad! No
one resisted the trend except Lamech, Noah's father (Gen. 5:25-29), and later
Noah himself. Lamech -- it should be noted, was born when Methuselah was 187 and
thus was 112 when his grandfather, righteous Enoch, was taken by God. So even
though his father departed from the truth, Lamech apparently continued in the
teachings of his grandfather, taught them to Noah, and thus kept the truth alive
in an increasingly sinful society!

Who Were the Nephilim?

Using the general guide provided by the Bible, it is possible to isolate many
specific features about the society before the Flood. Consider, first of all,
the "giant" of Genesis 6:4. Can they be identified in terms of archaeology and
history?

The English word "giants" is used in various places in the Authorized or King
James Version of the Bible. It is translated from two original Hebrew words --
Rephaim and Nephilim. The Rephaim are mentioned only after the Flood; they were
tall men, like Anakim. The term Rephaim is translated "giants" in Deuteronomy
2:11 and 20 and other places; and they are mentioned directly in Genesis 14:5
and 15:20. However, in the scripture we are presently concerned with -- Gen.
6:4, which is primarily concerned with pre-Flood times -- the original is
Nephilim. This word Nephal means "a feller" -- one who fells a tree -- or, by
extension, one who brings down another because of his unusual strength. The term
implies a "tough" or a bully, an individual of great physical might. Nephilim,
then, were shorter, very stocky, and had tremendous power! In other words, they
were giants in strength but not in tallness of stature. The point of emphasis
here is that the word Nephilim does not require tallness as part of its
definition! Any men of unusual height who existed prior to the Flood were
distinct from the Nephilim.

In the history of ancient Europe, archaeologists have defined three basic
cultural zones -- Lower, Middle, and Upper Palaeolithic. Now the Middle
Palaeolithic, which occurs well within the story of early human history, was the
cultural zone of the famous Neanderthal Men. Now the Neanderthal Men were squat,
stocky, powerful human beings! In short, the descriptions of the Nephilim and of
the Neanderthal Men match perfectly! They are one and the same!

Now consider this interesting point: Ancient Greek mythological traditions
relate that the "giants" fought "gods"! A great battle took place -- a battle
which it is now possible to identify in actual history on the basis of
archaeological evidence!

Why the Neanderthal Men Vanished From Europe

Archaeologists have discovered that suddenly, right near the close of Middle
Palaeolithic, a new type of man appeared on the scene in Europe. Although
considerably huskier, these men were built more like modern Europeans. When
these new men came into the area, the Neanderthal Men -- the Nephilim of
scripture -- were completely banished from Europe! Apparently this new stock of
people killed them of off. This time of the extermination of Neanderthal Man
marks the transition from Middle to Upper Palaeolithic in Europe.

If the facts in the Bible (men of giant strength existed and violence filled the
earth) are used to analyse the pagan mythological traditions of a great
slaughter of the giants, the conclusion seems clear. Here we actually have the
story of the extirpation of the Neanderthal Men from Europe proper in pre-Flood
times! This conclusion also provides a good example of how a blending of the
Bible, archaeology, and ancient tradition may be used to develop a proper
picture of events in early human history! The truth of earliest human experience
has long been hidden -- but it has not been lost!

But there is yet more to consider on this topic. who were these smaller men
(termed "gods" in the myths) who came into Europe and eliminated the giants?

Remember the story of Tubalcain. He is described as having traversed all of
Europe with military expeditions. Undoubtedly he led his troops into Europe and
conquered the Nephilim! How could considerably smaller men have killed off these
powerful Neanderthals? The answer is that Tubalcain and his forces had superior
weapons. The giants could not withstand their swords, spears and arrows!
Tubalcain invented and perfected the weapons made of iron, brass and bronze
which enabled his armies to kill off these men of superior physical strength.
Moving in from the area of the Middle East, Tubalcain and his followers attacked
and slaughtered the inhabitants of Europe! This great battle was a major episode
in the story of the violence that filled the earth in those days!

There is another interesting feature about this great event. Naamah or Athena,
the sister of Tubalcain or Vulcan adapted some of the war-like characteristics
of her brother. Remember that Athena was also a goddess of war. And, in the
ancient Greek traditions, she is actually said to have waged a great war against
the giants. This is why she is often referred to as Pallas Athena. In Greek
mythology, Pallas was a giant Slain by Athena in the great war between the
giants and the gods!

Recent discoveries by archaeologists show why God allowed Neanderthal Man to be
destroyed. A Neanderthal skull found in Italy had had its base broken open for
the extraction of the brain! then, in Yugoslavia, the remains of a dozen or more
individuals, young and old, male and female, were discovered mixed together with
wild animal bones in the same deposit. These bones, whether human or animal,
were treated the same way  they were broken up for the extraction of marrows.
The Neanderthal-Nephilim were practicing cannibals (Graham Clarke, World
Prehistory, p 44).

Archaeology and the Family of Cain

The Flood did not wash away all cultural remains of the society that existed
before the Deluge. In recent years archaeologists have been able to construct a
remarkable picture of the far-flung areas to which the descendants of Cain
journeyed, how they lived, and what their practices were. Scholars mislabel
these findings "prehistoric" -- actually they are pre-flood!

Consider this general, overall picture first. Prior to the Flood human beings
spread into almost every area of the world. A map on page 18 of Graham Clarke's
"World Prehistory" shows that at an early time various branches of the Family of
Cain spread all over Africa, Western Europe and down into Italy, through the
Middle East, throughout India, China, and into the islands of Southeast Asia. At
a later time thy moved into the area of Russia, colonized Siberia, and even
spread into the New World! This illustrates the truth of what Josephus wrote --
that Cain "travelled over many countries!" Though he later concentrated a large
segment of his family in the area of Palestine, many, many other of his
descendants continued to live in the far-flung regions where he had journeyed
earlier in his long life.

Archaeologists report that there was a tendency for all these widely spread
cultures to be REMARKABLY UNIFIED. This is certainly what we would expect
because, although Cain's family developed many branches, branches still spread
from the same source. What specific features of pre-Flood society have
archaeologists found? Here are some fascinating answers. At an early time, in an
area reaching all the way from the Middle East and Southern Russia over to
Spain, it has been determined that men lived in caves and shelters. That is,
they lived in natural shelters which they did not have to construct themselves.
The point has already been discussed that Cain's descendants degenerated and
became "cave Men".

However, after a number of centuries the descendants of Cain, as we know,
developed many physical arts and skills. Among other things, they learned how to
make artificial shelters. The earliest examples of such shelters were found in
western Russia and eastern Europe. "Basically these appear to have comprised
SKIN TENTS -- supported on a few sticks, weighted around the margin by heavy
bones or tusks and covering irregularly-shaped floors that were often slightly
hollowed out of the subsoil" (Clarke, p. 53). Some of these tents apparently
housed single families while other larger ones were intended for larger groups.
In other words, these people were moving around in groups of families and using
portable dwellings.

Here is the point to be emphasized: Whereas originally members of Cain's family
lived in caves, now they began to live in tents for the first time. These
artificial shelters were the EARLIEST of their kind ever found! For the first
time in the history of human experience man was developing the use of movable
tents -- skins that could be weighted down with stones, used in any location,
and carried around as a portable dwelling. And this is exactly what the Bible
implies about the descendants of Cain in the time of Lamech. Read Genesis 4:20
again. Here Jabal, the son of Lamech and Adah, is described as the "father of
such as dwell in TENTS"! Apparently this practice did not come into vogue till
the lifetime of Lamech and his children. Thus archaeology gives us a picture of
what the Bible mentions only in the briefest manner.

The Nature of Pre-Flood Violence

As the time of the Flood drew near, the earth's population increased rapidly.
This is substantiated by the archaeological reports about the pre-Flood cultures
representing the various segments of the Family of Cain. These reports provide
the general feeling that there was a crowding of man. And violence increased as
the population thickened!

Notice the Bible describes pre-Flood world conditions: "the earth was filled
with violence". In understanding this expression we need to bear in mind what
that world was like: It did not consist of nation-states as we are familiar with
them today. Not until after the Flood were there different languages, separate
city-states, numerous kings and rulers, and all kinds of political divisions.
The people of pre-Flood times, then, did not carry on war as nation-states.
Rather, the violence which filled that world was more of a personal nature.

It is significant that the Bible uses the term "violence" as opposed to "war."
This kind of violence was essentially characterized by quarrelling, local strife
hatred, greed, crime -- the intent to get pieces of land that others were
working and farming -- robbery, stealing and so on. But there were no organized
nation-states, there were no formal wars with nation against nation. Warfare did
not exist as a political institution. There was, of course, the famous war with
the giants. And Tubalcain did perfect weapons and began to develop techniques of
warfare. But his case seems to be an exception to the rule. His approach was
apparently quite unique and the majority did not use it. Furthermore, he met a
violent end and died when still comparatively young.

Here was the problem, then. That world was ONE WORLD. There was one language,
one family -- everybody was getting together. Instead of many worlds quarrelling
with each other, here was one world filled with universal crime and violence!

Segments of Pre-Flood Society

The Bible itself, in Genesis 6, mentions some of the different classes of
people, especially in the line of Cain, who were famous in the latter centuries
before the Flood. Read verse 2 again. Here the "sons of god" are named -- a
comparatively small but extremely influential element in that chaotic world.
These individuals were the leaders in the line of Cain.

Then, as we know, the last part of this verse alludes to the line of Seth. The
women of that formerly righteous family married the influential leaders among
the descendants of Cain.

Next, in verse 4, the "giants" are listed. These Neanderthal-Nephilim, already
discussed in detail in this chapter, formed another powerful, but ill-fated,
group that arose as a result of mutation in the children of Cain.

Now notice the last part of verse 4. The "sons of god" had children from their
interracial marriages with the daughters of Seth. The male offspring became men
of renown" -- great champions or "heroes"! These people formed still another
influential and violent segment of pre-Flood society.

Finally there was also the less powerful group of oriental or Mongoloid people.
The yellow race as already stated, did exist before the Flood but these yellows
did not have the same impact on their society that the whites and non-whites
did. Thus God does not mention them directly in the Bible. But they were there
nevertheless because the three races carried through the Flood!

Seven Categories of People

With this background in mind, the seven principal social groups of the pre-Flood
society may be listed:

1.
First there were those who claimed to be "gods". This included Cain and powerful
leaders in his line such as Lamech and Tubalcain.

2.
Next there were those descendants of Cain who also claimed to be deities -- the
"sons of gods".

3.
Then there was the formerly righteous line of Seth from whom the "sons of gods"
obtained their "fair" wives.

4.
Another key segment of that violent society were the giants or Nephilim, other
descendants of Cain, who were "men of renown".

5.
Also present on the scene were the sons of racial intermarriages, who were "men
of renown".

6.
Then there was the yellow branch of the human race who took a background
position comparable to that of the Chinese in modern times.

7.
And finally the family of Noah should be listed  the tiny segment of pre-Flood
society God found worthy of preservation!

Conditions in this wretched society became worse and worse as the years passed.
Violence increased at an alarming rate. It almost cost Noah his life!

Lamech succeeded Cain, whom he killed, as the strongest leader of the pre-Flood
society. He lived a very long time. Not only did his life parallel Cain's for
about three centuries but he was also contemporary with Noah for some 300 years.
Lamech was a man of violence. He let his strength go to his head. He got rid of
anyone who interfered with his plans including bringing about the death of Cain
and Tubalcain.

Noah's Life Threatened

Then, on to the world scene came Noah. Noah was the eighth preacher of
righteousness since the time of Seth (II Pet. 2:5). He was both spiritually just
and physically pure. Notice verse 9 of Genesis 6, "Noah was a just man and
PERFECT in his generations." The word "perfect" here has to do with PHYSICAL
perfection, rather than spiritual. The Hebrew word Moses used here is tamiym
(pronounced taw-meen). The Companion Bible says this means "... without blemish
as to breed or pedigree." Noah was not only the last spiritually righteous man
left on earth, but also the last human, along with his family, who was racially
pure. Noah was the only man left on earth who had not racially intermarried!

Now who was it who had consummated the FIRST interracial marriage? It was
Lamech! He had crossed racial bounds in marrying Adah. Lamech had begun the
process. Now, within a century and a half before the Flood, ALL ON EARTH WERE
RACIALLY MIXED EXCEPT NOAH, HIS WIFE AND SONS! Only Noah stood between Lamech
and complete fruition of his aim of making the world racially one!!

Lamech knew that Noah was a completely dedicated servant of God and that he
would not yield to the dictates of world society. There was only one thing to
do: Eliminate Noah as he had the others!!

Noah Forced to Flee

Again it is Josephus who adds significance to the Biblical account. In
Antiquities I, 3, 1 he says that Noah tried to turn the sinful people in his day
from their gross misconduct: "but seeing they did not yield to him, but, were
slaves to their wicked pleasures, he was afraid they would kill him, together
with his wife and children, and those they had married; So he departed out of
that land."

Noah and his family had to flee for fear of their lives! Noah and his family had
probably been living in the general area of Palestine and Mesopotamia. Where did
they flee? This is not definitely answerable but there are indications in
Josephus that they fled to that general area now known as Egypt. Egypt is always
spoken of as an evil, sinful place in the Bible and yet God's servants often
went there temporarily. Joseph was sold into Egypt; later Jacob (Israel) went
there to join him. Abraham, earlier, had gone to Egypt because of famine in
Canaan. When Jesus' life was threatened as a young child, his parents sought
safety in Egypt.

Here, then, in the world about 120 years before the Flood, Noah was forced to
flee from those who would take his life. And the indication is that Lamech was
the one behind the danger because he was the individual in the family of Cain
who was dominating the world! As stated above, Lamech had begun the practice of
racial intermarriage years before. Now, as he reached the twilight of his long,
disobedient life, everyone in that world's society had followed his example --
except Noah. Noah refused to follow the dictates of men and disobey God! And
because Noah preached strongly against Lamech's evil society, it is only logical
that Lamech would try to silence his voice!

Apparently Noah and his family had to flee shortly before the time that Noah
began his 120-year work of warning the world of its watery end and building the
ark. Satan, when he learned what God was going to do, probably stirred up Lamech
and others so they would kill Noah and thus cut off God's Work in that day
before Noah could begin it. But Noah and his family, though having to flee, were
protected and were able to perform all God commanded. It is possible that,
Lamech, who was very old by this time, could have died, thus ending the threat
to Noah and his family. Consequently they could have then gone back to where the
ark was to be built. It is not known where Noah and his family built the ark.
But it probably was somewhere in the general area of Mesopotamia if we consider
that, after the Flood, the ark came to rest in the mountains of Ararat in
Armenia.

Noah's Sons

The Bible proves, as shown above, that Noah was racially unmixed. And he married
a white woman from the line of Seth and Enos. Consequently his sons were also
white and racially pure. But two of Noah's three sons did not follow his
example! Ham and Japheth took wives of other races! Shem married a white person:
He was the most obedient son (which is proven by his work after the Flood.) But
Ham married a dark woman and Japheth a yellow one, both from branches of the
non-white descendants of Cain!

The three basic races -- white, black, and yellow  existed prior to the Flood.
All three came through the Flood -- and the black and yellow strains were
carried by the wives of Ham and Japheth! Noah was righteous -- but his sons
obviously were not. However, when Noah had to flee, his sons and their wives
were obedient to the extent that they were willing to follow him. They were
still young enough to be in subjection to him. God saw to that because He wanted
Noah's family to live on through the Flood and repopulate the world after the
destruction of the earth.

In our time, at the end of this world, no one will be spared or protected by the
righteousness of another (Ezekiel 14:14-20). But, in the world before the Flood,
God allowed Noah's sons to be saved because of Noah's righteousness. Noah's sons
sinned in marrying women of other races but God permitted them to be saved
because of Noah, and because they were to help fulfil God's purpose in
preserving the races.

It is not known specifically whom Japheth married. However, she was from the
Mongoloid or yellow branch of the human family before the Flood.

This yellow branch was not a key factor in the world before the Flood.
Orientals, in our world, have tended to remain separate and exclusive. It has
been the blacks, not the yellow people, who have caused Israel the most trouble
over the span of history. And so it was before the Flood, the black branch of
the-human family led the plunge into sin, not the yellow.

Ham's Wife

So we do not know which woman Japheth married. But Jewish tradition does tell us
who Ham married! Ham married Naamah, the daughter of Lamech by Zillah! (See
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Commentary). Zillah, remember was the first truly
black woman in history! And, quite late in Lamech's life, his black wife,
Zillah, had a daughter named Naamah. Naamah
became famous as a weaver of cloth
-- and this is who Ham married! Ham should not have married this beautiful and
famous dark woman, a daughter of Lamech. But he could not resist her beauty and
so he married her on impulse, against the wishes of others, particularly Noah.
Ancient sources tell us that, after their marriage, an agreement was made
whereby Naamah
could spend some time with her family and some time with her
husband's family. Remember that Noah had remained separate from the line of Cain
-- and he would insist on keeping his family separate, and so after Ham married
this woman, a difficult situation had been created. A compromise was agreed upon
whereby she could still spend time with her non-white relatives.

Naamah
was a famous individual in the pre-Flood world. Her brother was
Tubalcain, a great military leader, and she took on some of his war-like
characteristics. The ancient Greeks, who applied to her the name Athena,
pictured her brandishing a spear and regarded her as a goddess of war. She is
said to have made a war on the giants during the lifetime of Tubalcain. She had
an interesting variety of characteristics because she was also pictured as being
a goddess of wisdom as well as of war, in addition to being especially famous as
the goddess of weaving or womanly industry. In no connection is she ever
pictured as a harlot or prostitute as was Venus or Aphrodite. This is the woman
whom Ham married. She is the one who carried the WAY OF CAIN THROUGH THE FLOOD!
The line of Cain did not die with the Flood, as might easily be supposed! A
descendant of Cain and Lamech lived on into the post-Flood world. It was none
other than this Naamah
to whom God calls our attention in Genesis 4:22. This is
why her name is in the Bible! From Ham and Naamah
came the Negroid
stock after
the Flood -- the line of Cush
(Gen. 10:6).

Criminals Who Lived Hundreds of Years!

God did not step in and intervene as long as there was some slight hope of
humanity being saved and spared. But finally it came to the point where God's
only recourse was to exterminate mankind and start over with the one righteous
man who was left! Notice Genesis 6:5-13. God saw that "every imagination
(motivation) of his (man's) heart was ONLY EVIL CONTINUALLY"! (V.5) This was no
exaggeration! Every thought that popped into people's heads was moving in the
wrong direction! Every idea had a wrong motive behind it! But this verse applies
to our day also! The same thing characterizes the thinking of the average carnal
person today! The intents and purposes of people in modern society are
altogether selfish and sinful! And the older an individual gets the more this
becomes true. Once a person starts out in the wrong direction he gets
progressively worse and worse!

Think of the daily examples we read about in our newspapers. In our society
juvenile delinquents are full-fledged criminals before they reach the age of 25!
And such individuals, released by easy court sentences, go from bad to worse to
terrible to ghastly! But now imagine, if possible, the people of the pre-Flood
society! They were not old by age 60 or 70. At that age they were just coming to
maturity! Imagine being a full-fledged criminal at age one hundred and then
living for seven or eight hundred years after that!

Here was a society with people living hundreds of years venting their crime and
perversion on one another! here was a society full of hardened criminals preying
on each other! This horrendous society was doomed to die of its own evil fruits.
God was absolutely merciful in cutting it short! There was absolutely no hope
for it!

All society had become absolutely corrupt -- corrupt in its thinking, corrupt in
its theological understanding, corrupt in its morals, corrupt in every facet of
human thinking and endeavour!! This is the full import of verses 11 and 12 of
Genesis 6. All society, except for Noah, had gone completely berserk physically,
mentally, emotionally, and spiritually!!

Probably the most appalling factor of all about this sickening pre-Flood society
was that people knew what would happen to them if they continued in their sinful
ways! Josephus records that Adam had already predicted that the world would be
destroyed by water -- and that Lamech knew by divine revelation that he would be
punished for sin! (Antiquities I, ii, 3, 2). Despite this no one would repent.
This illustrates just how absolutely perverse human nature can be!

Mankind Could Have Been Better

Notice verse 6 of this same sixth chapter. God "repented" that He had placed man
on the earth. In other words, this means that the God Family had REGRETS about
the human race. God was literally sick and tired of the human beings He had
made! Yes, God has feelings and emotions. Man has a
potential for good as well as for evil. God had told Cain that centuries before
as recorded in Genesis 4:7. Notice the last portion of this verse. The Revised
Standard Version makes it clearer, saying in effect:
"sin's desire will be to pull you down, but you must master it!"
Yes, Cain knew about overcoming -- but he rejected this knowledge to the
detriment of himself and his children!

Noah and the Work of God

God gave the pre-Flood society 120 years to repent (Gen. 6:3). That was the
duration of Noah's ministry of warning  the duration of the Work of God in that
day -- before the final destruction came. In our day the period needs to be only
about one-third as long because modern means of mass-communication are
available.

God never does anything of major world significance unless He first makes it
universally known through His servants (Amos 3:7). The pre-Flood world was no
exception. Noah did not carry out God's work in a corner! After 120 long years
everyone had heard Noah's warning message -- and all had rejected it!

There were definite reasons why Noah was able to witness so effectively to his
society! The truth about Noah is that he was a great, wealthy and influential
leader in his time Noah did not live in a mud hut. He was not a strange little
man out in a corn field with an adobe and a few timbers!

We must realize that Noah was actually a great ruler. Josephus indicates this
when he refers to "Noah's government" (Antiquities I, iii, 3)! This means
patriarchal government. Noah was the eighth preacher of righteousness in the
line of Seth! He held the same rank as Enos, Enoch, and the others before him.
Noah was the Great Patriarch for all the children of Seth. If they had remained
obedient, Noah would have ruled over this vast segment of the human race! Noah's
patriarchal rule continued for 350 years after the Flood (2369-2019) when he was
Patriarch of the whole human family. But there were other reasons why Noah could
have such a great impact on his society. These reasons cantered around the ARK!
Noah had to be a man of tremendous wealth to carry out such a gigantic project.
No ship of such size was again built until the 19th century A.D.! In addition to
wealth and resources Noah had to be an engineer and an architect to direct the
building of this enormous vessel. And he also had to employ thousands of
servants -- architects, carpenters, craftsmen, contractors, and sub-contractors
(to use modern terminology) -- to fulfil all the details of this fantastic work!

A final major point will emphasize the great significance of Noah and his work.
Notice Genesis 6:7-8: "And the Eternal
said, "I will destroy Man ... From the face of the earth ... "But Noah found
grace in the eyes of the Eternal".
These verses actually say that if Noah had not been righteous the whole human race would have ceased to exist! Similarly,
if there were no work of God today "to prepare a people for the Lord" -- if
there were no true Christians who are willing to obey God -- the earth and human
race would come to utter destruction! Mal. 4:6; Matt 26:22.

Beginning of Technology Before Flood

One final point should be made clear. When the Bible says "as the days of Noah
were, so shall the coming of the Son of man be," this does not mean that the
statement of Dan. 12:4 ("knowledge shall be increased" at "the time of the end")
is untrue of our world. The human family, in that era, could have destroyed
itself -- but not anywhere nearly as quickly as now! In other words, that
society did not have atomic and hydrogen bombs, jet aeroplanes, rockets, or
atomic-powered submarines. Neither did it have mass means of communication. If
it had, Noah would not have been given twelve decades in which to do God's work.
These technical developments are strictly the product of our society with its
specialized skills, economic structure, and immense governmental organization.
That society was not economically developed to the extent that it could have
ever produced what we have in our world.

This is further proven by the way God chose to eliminate the pre-Flood
population. He DROWNED them! This method would not be possible in our world
because we have submarines that could stay in the water for a year or longer. We
have the means to defy that kind of universal destruction. This shows that
pre-Flood man did not have these highly technical inventions.

Undoubtedly men had large boats, but it seems obvious from the Bible account
that the largest vessel ever built up to that time was the ark. If such ships
had been in existence God would not have had to tell Noah how to build one! The
building of such a gigantic sea craft presumes a knowledge of workmanship with
brass and iron -- showing that all the fundamental crafts of culture and society
were known in that day. But no one had come anywhere near acquiring the
technological skills our scientific society has developed.

The Deluged

Noah's work and preaching were not the only witnesses that doom was an
approaching a totally corrupt society. Ancient records indicate that there were
increasing numbers of natural catastrophes which also should have served as a
warning to that world. Earthquakes, volcanoes, tidal waves, and related
calamities added to the chaos of a scene already filled with strife and
violence!

But the hardened hearts and seared consciences of those unrepentant people were
beyond reach. Consider that not even one person out of the thousands that worked
with Noah on the ark came to repentance over those 120 years! They all perished
too!

Realize also that Shem, Ham, and Japheth were the three sons of Noah born to him
only later in life. Certainly Noah had other children. People in this early
time, as we know, were having families of as many as fifty children or more!
What became of Noah's many other children? Yes, they too disregarded the warning
message  they too had gone the way of Cain  and they drowned with all the rest
of the earth's population! Noah had the severest of trials in remaining faithful
to God!

At the conclusion of the 120 years, Noah gathered the last of the necessary
animals and supplies into the ark (Gent 7:1-3). He had also stored away the
historical documents from which Moses would later write the first portions of
the Book of Genesis! Then God announced that seven final days would elapse
before the beginning of the Flood (verse 4).

Noah and his family entered the ark -- and the Eternal himself locked them in!
(verse 16). No one could get out, and no one -- no matter how desperately he or
she wanted to -- could get in! Finally the rain began to fall. However, the
waters came not only down from the skies but also up from below the earth!
"the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up"
(verse 11) God caused the sub-structures  the foundations  of the continents
to buckle and collapse! Water gushed up from below the earth in gigantic
quantities! The geography of the earth was altered! Terrifying subterranean
noises and convulsions echoed the doom of that unutterably wicked world!

One world had ended -- but the story of human experience was far from being
over!